Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

what's-their-face

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English

Syllables
what's-their--face
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

A person whose identity is unknown or forgotten (especially when better-known to the listener).

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

Univerbation of what's + their + face (“self”, metonymic).

Usage

Inflected Forms

what's-their-faces (plural) what'stheirface (alternative) whatstheirface (alternative) whatseface (alternative)

Synonyms

what's-their-name whatchamacallhim, whatchamacallher you-know-who so-and-so

Questions

What does what's-their-face mean?
A person whose identity is unknown or forgotten (especially when better-known to the listener).
Where does what's-their-face come from?
Univerbation of what's + their + face (“self”, metonymic).

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